Market Trends

Mountain View, Calif. - July 30, 2014 - Broadcasters and cable operators are migrating from analog to digital networks in an effort to cater to their subscribers’ growing demand for digital content. With the transition from standard to high definition (HD) and video on demand (VOD) content shifting the focus to interactive, addressable advertising commercials, the global adoption of video and ad insertion servers is set to escalate.

London, UK, July 29, 2014--Health, commercial/enterprise, wearables, and iBeacons will help to revive the GPS tracking device market, with ABI Research forecasting the market to reach over US$ 3.5 billion in 2019.

London, UK, July 29, 2014--Asia Pacific online TV and video revenues (over fixed broadband networks) will reach US$ 10.19 billion in 2020; a massive increase from the US$ 0.54 billion recorded in 2010 and US$ 2.68 billion in 2013, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. 

Wilmington, DE, July 28, 2014 - NSR's Commercial Mobility via Satellite, 10th Edition report finds the maritime market will dominate demand for FSS satellite capacity in large part due to cruise ships, offshore platforms and merchant maritime customers.

El Segundo, Calif. July 23, 2014—Ultra-high-definition televisions (UHD TVs) continued to make slow and steady inroads throughout the world, but their share of the overall flat-panel TV market remained minimal by the end of May, suggesting that UHD TV pricing in the market remains too high to gain meaningful share, according to a new report from IHS Technology.

London, UK, July 23, 2014--Satellite TV revenues for 138 countries will reach US$ 99.9 billion in 2020, up from  US$ 87.8 billion in 2013 and US$ 69.3 billion in 2010, according to a new report from Digital  TV Research. Covering 138 countries, the Global Satellite TV Forecasts report estimates that Asia Pacific and Latin America will show strong growth. However,  revenues will fall in Western Europe as competition from other platforms increases.

Port Washington, New York, July 23, 2014 – By 2017 there will be 204 million connected TV devices linked to the Internet and able to deliver apps to viewers, more than double the projected number of U.S. Internet households.  These devices include video game consoles, streaming media players, Blu-ray Disc players, and TVs.  According to the latest NPD Connected Intelligence Connected Home Forecast, ownership of connected TV devices is expected to grow 100 percent by 2017.

Phoenix, Ariz., July 22, 2014-- In its second annual survey, Honeywell Aerospace  finds that in-flight Wi-Fi is becoming increasingly influential on a passenger's buying and wireless usage behavior, including flight selections and, in some cases, paying more for a specific flight.

Singapore, July 21, 2014--​The worldwide pay-TV market continues to grow in Q1 2014. According to ABI Research’s Market Data, the total pay-TV subscriber base is expected to surpass 936.4 million at the end of 2014, generating US$ 280.4 billion in service revenue.

Wilmington, DE, July 21, 2014 --NSR’s Global Satellite Capacity Supply & Demand, 11th Edition report, released today, projects new supply of over 3,000 new transponders and 2+ Tbps of HTS capacity fueled by risk-taking from key operators will far outstrip demand growth over the next decade. This demand growth will center on video/DTH, mobility, enterprise data/trunking and broadband access, and evolve in both developed and developing regions. Yet, despite the reality of oversupply in a few regions and bands, NSR projects the market will grow by 76%, from about US$ 11.8 Billion currently to US$ 21.1 Billion by 2023.